Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC 3/4] Add l2ctlr cp register to CPUARMState

[Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>]

On 25 February 2014 16:52, Alvise Rigo <a.rigo@virtualopensystems.com> wrote:
> Since the irq bit seems to not be updated, exclude it from the check done
> while copying data during migration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alvise Rigo <a.rigo@virtualopensystems.com>
> ---
>  target-arm/cpu.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/target-arm/cpu.c b/target-arm/cpu.c
> index 6e7ce89..e8db00e 100644
> --- a/target-arm/cpu.c
> +++ b/target-arm/cpu.c
> @@ -681,20 +681,34 @@ static void cortex_a9_initfn(Object *obj)
>  }
>
>  #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
> -static uint64_t a15_l2ctlr_read(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri)
> +static void a15_l2ctlr_reset(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *opaque)
>  {
>      /* Linux wants the number of processors from here.
>       * Might as well set the interrupt-controller bit too.
>       */
> -    return ((smp_cpus - 1) << 24) | (1 << 23);
> +    env->cp15.c9_l2ctlr = ((smp_cpus - 1) << 24) | (1 << 23);
> +}
> +
> +static void a15_l2ctlr_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
> +                           uint64_t value)
> +{
> +    int smp_cpus_new = ((value >> 24) & 3);
> +    int smp_cpus_old = ((env->cp15.c9_l2ctlr >> 24) & 3);
> +
> +    if (smp_cpus_new != smp_cpus_old) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    env->cp15.c9_l2ctlr = value;
>  }
>  #endif
>
>  static const ARMCPRegInfo cortexa15_cp_reginfo[] = {
>  #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
>      { .name = "L2CTLR", .cp = 15, .crn = 9, .crm = 0, .opc1 = 1, .opc2 = 2,
> -      .access = PL1_RW, .resetvalue = 0, .readfn = a15_l2ctlr_read,
> -      .writefn = arm_cp_write_ignore, },
> +      .access = PL1_RW, .resetvalue = 0,
> +      .resetfn = a15_l2ctlr_reset, .writefn = a15_l2ctlr_write,
> +      .fieldoffset = offsetof(CPUARMState, cp15.c9_l2ctlr) },
>  #endif

Why are you changing the behaviour of this register from
read-only/writes-ignored to permitting writes? This looks
wrong.

thanks
-- PMM